2 Samuel 16:23 (KJV)

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And the counsel of Ahithophel which he counselled in those days was as if a man had enquired at the oracle of God so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom

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as if. Nu 27:21 1Sa 30:8 Ps 28:2 1Pe 4:11

oracle of God. Heb. word of God. Ps 19:7

all the counsel. 2Sa 17:14 2Sa 17:23 Job 5:12 Job 28:28 Jer 4:22 Jer 8:9 Mt 11:25 Lu 16:8 Ro 1:22 1Co 3:19 1Co 3:20 Jas 3:13-18

both. 2Sa 15:12 Ec 10:1

so was.The first counsel of this sagacious but wicked man to Absalom was more like an oracle of Satan, both for subtlety and atrocity. He advised the shameless measure just detailed, in order to establish Absalom, and to preclude the possibility of a reconciliation with David. The wives of a conquered king were always the property of the conqueror; and in possessing these he appeared to possess the right to the kingdom.

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